Bio

Gina Lapinski, a regular member of the directing staff at the Metropolitan Opera, has directed productions at such companies as San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Florida Grand Opera, and Opéra de Montréal. Recent credits include staging for Verdi’s Ballo in Maschera in San Francisco, Verdi’s Rigoletto for Berkshire Opera, and Beethoven’s Fidelio in Barcelona, Chicago, and at the Met and Royal Opera Covent Garden. She directed Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah in Palm Beach, and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Bizet’s Carmen, and Verdi’s Traviata at Connecticut Opera. She served as associate director for Seattle Opera’s 2005 Ring.